Extrusion International 4-2017

4 Extrusion International 4/2017 CONTENTS Firms in this issue 6 Imprint 7 industry news 8 Calendar 8 New building at the headquarters in North America 8 Complete system for processing antistatic polymers 11 New stacking robots for ACF thermoforming machines 12 15,000 Square-Foot Addition Supports Blown Film Die Production 12 Increases Precision in Medical Plastic Tube Finishing 14 battenfeld-cincinnati USA strengthens sales and service team 15 Mexico: Full House at the Open House 16 New automatic knife position system “QUICK SET NW” 16 Covestro launches expanded film production 17 New Service Partner Improves Customer Focus 18 Three strong trade fairs for the plastics industry 18 “Long night of industries” at KAMPF 19 ChinaPlas-2017 – the key to the Chinese and Asian markets 20 pipe extrusion WARP portable: Innovative hand-held device 22 Unique pipe head is guarantee of maximum pipe quality 24 film extrusion Coating technology on rigid films: a challenge revisited 27 extrusion equipment Fast product change in extrusion 28 recycling & compounding Successful Recycling & Compounding TecDay 29 A new take on bottle-to-bottle 31 Compounding experts meet in Würzburg 34 Innovative technologies for polymer processing and recycling 36 measurement Zumbach – (Self)compensation of Measuring Units Increases Accuracy of Measurements 32